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Patented Deo. 28, 1897.

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A. MBABGOCK. COMBINED BABY JUMPER AND ROGKING CHAIR.

Patented Deo. 28,1897.

NITED STATES PATENT muon.

ARTHUR M. BABCOOK, OF MUNOIE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES O. GLASOOCK AND JOHN WV; GLASCOCK, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED BABY-JUMPER AND ROCKING-CHAIR..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,451, dated December 28, 189'?.

Application filed Aprllrl, 1896. Serial No. 588,007. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern:

Beit known that I, ARTHUR M. BABCocK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muncie, in the county of Delaware and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Combined Baby-Ju mper and Rocking-Chair, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to baby-j umpers,and has for its object to provide in one article a Vbaby-jumper and a rocking-chair capable of use alternately for either purpose.

One object of the invention is to provide a jumper in the form of a chair iniwhich the back may be adjusted at any inclination for giving to the child an erect or reclining posture and in which the tray, which forms also a guard for preventing the child from getting out of the jumper, is removably fitted in the jumper in a novel manner.

One of the principal objects of the inven-V tion is to construct the support for the jumper in such manner that it may be readily carried or moved from place to place without the necessity of having unsightly hooks or hanging devices scattered about the house at different points where it may be desired to place the jumper. i

The invention consists in a baby-jumper embodying certain novel features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings,and finally pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved babyjumper, showing the manner in which the same is supported and made detachable from its support. Fig. 2 is also a perspective View showing a different construction of independent and portable support therefor. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of one of the Y-couplings of the side supports shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view showing the manner of inserting and removing the tray and the means for adjusting the angle of the back.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the detachable supporting-bracket. Fig. 6 is a detail section showing the manner of attaching the supporting-bracket to a door or. window frame, dac.

Similar numerals of reference designate cor- .horizontal longitudinal braces 5, arranged at the level of the seat and the tray 6 and connecting the corner-standards l, forms a strong, durable, and light chair-frame, with the seat or chair-bottom resting upon the front and rear rounds 8. Suitable fasteners in the form of nails or screws with ornamental heads 7 are driven through the rockers 2 and braces 5 into the ends of the rounds .3. The back of the chair comprises a separate frame having side bars 8 and connecting-rounds or cross- `bars 9, to which is permanently secured a perforated board or back 10. The side bars 8 are extended below the lower round 9 and are perforated to receive either the rear round 3, adjacent to the rear end of the seat or chair-bottom, or the fasteners 7, which pass through the braces 5 and rear cornerstandards l into said round 3,. In this manner the chair-back is pivotally connected at its lower end to the chair-frame. At its upper end the chair-back frame has its upper round 9 lreduced at its extremities and passed through and extended laterally beyond the side bars 8 and carrying oppositely-projecting screws 10a, firmly and permanently secured therein. Slotted braces 11 are arranged upon opposite sides of the chair-back and connected pivotally at one end to the upper extremities of the rear corner-stand against the outside of its respective brace 11,

and a Winged nut 14 is placed upon the end of each screw, by tightening which the braces 11 may be clamped against the projecting ends of the round 9. By this construction it IOO ,Y will be seen that the chair-back may be rocked upon its pivotal connection with the chair-frame and held at its adjustment for giving to the child either an erect or reclining posture, as may be desired. The tray 6 is provided at its front" edge with a vertical guard 15, and the opposite ends of the tray, which abut against the inner surfaces of the upper -horizontal braces 5, are received between upper and lower cleats 16, there being sufficient room between the front ends of the cleats and the front standards 1 for the vertical guard 15, which thus serves to hold the tray in place. By springing the top braces 5 apart, as shown in Fig. 4, the tray may be readily removed and replaced.

17 represents a pair of vertical suspensionbars, which are secured at or near their lower ends to the horizontal braces 5 at or near the centers of the latter and connected at their upper ends above the head of the child by a cross-bar or round 18, having at its upper side several eyes 19, in which are received the lower hooked ends of two or more coiled springs 20. The jumper is supported upon these springs, and the springs are in turn supported by means of a horizontal arm 21, the outer end of which is formed with openings to receive the upper hooked ends of the springs. The arm 21 may be made of any desired length and is of the required stiffness to afford the proper support for the jumper. The inner end of this arm is bent at right angles and extended downward and is adapted to Vbe inserted in the vertical eye 22 of a bracket 23. This bracket is adapted to be applied to a door-jamb or a window-casing or other fixed point and has at one of its side edges a vertical flange 24, adapted to rest upon one edge'of the jamb for the purpose of bracing the bracket and insuring the same being placed in a vertical position, so that the arm 21 will swing in a horizontal plane. At its upper end the bracket 23 has an opening 25, through which is received a screw 26, fastened permanently in the door-jamb or Window-casing, as the case may be. A winged nut 27 is placed upon the end of the screw 26 and brought to bear against the bracket 23, thus clamping the latter firmly in place. The bracket may also be provided with an opening 28 adjacent to its lower end, through which may be inserted a nail or screw for giving additional security to the bracket, if desired.

By the construction described it will be seen that the bracket 23 may be readily detached from the door-j amb or window-casing by simply removing the winged nut and withdrawing the bracket, which may be thereafter removed to an other point of support, which has been previously supplied with a screw similar tao that (26) above described. The jumper may be taken down by simply detaching the arm 21 from the eye ofthe bracket without the necessity of removing the latter. Thus it will be seen that the only permanent part of the attachment is the screw 26, which is so small that it will not be noticed, especially in view of the fact that it is located at quite an elevation.

In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a different form of support, which comprises essentially vertical standards 29, connected at or near their upper ends by a detachable horizontal crossbar 30 and braced relatively thereto by means of corner-brackets 3l. To the lower ends of the standards 29 are loosely fitted Y-couplings, each of which comprises a sleeve 32, having its lower end bifurcated to form downwardly-divergin g thimbles 33. The lower end of each standard 29 is loosely inserted in the sleeve 32, while the upper ends of upwardlyconverging legs or braces 34 are loosely inserted in the thimbles 33. By loosely fitted7 and loosely inserted I mean lthat the standards and braces may be inserted into or removed from the couplings by hand and without the aid of any tool, but at the same time it sufficiently close toprevent wabbling `between the parts. This is an important feature of my invention, as the frame may be easily taken apart for the purpose of storing or transportation. The legs 34: thus serve to eectively brace the supporting-frame in the direction in which the jumper or chair swings and obviate liability of the same tilting. The lower end of each standard and the upper ends of the upwardly-converging legs or braces 34E meet at a common point in the Y- coupling, at the junction of the sleeve 32 and thimbles 33, and form stops for each other. The standard and its legs or braces may thus be quickly associated, and no set-screws or other retaining devices are necessary to hold said parts in proper relation to each other within the Y-couplings. The support thus constructed is extremely light and strong and has a very neat and ornamental appearance vand has the very important advantage that it is portable from place to place, so that it may be moved from the interior of the house to the veranda or lawn.

The construction above described affords a very simple and attractive baby-jumper, which will render the care of a child an easy matter, as the child can be left with safety in the jumper, the motion of the child serving to set the jumper in motion. By attaching the bracket 23 to a door-jamb the arm 21 may be vibrated horizontally for moving the jumper from one room to an adjoining room or hall.

The construction described i's susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details, which may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what `is claimed as new is- 1. The combination with the chair-frame7 comprising the horizontal longitudinal braces forming the arms of the chair, of spaced cleats secured to the inner surfaces of said braces IOO IIO

or arms, and a tray having its ends removably iitted between said cleats and provided with a guard the ends of which aie normally interposed between the front ends of said cleats and the front standards of the frame, the said tray being adapted to be removed and replaced by springing said braces or arms apart, substantially as described.

2. A combined baby jumper and chair consistin g of a chair-fra1ne having rear standards extended above the seat, the back pivotally connected to the chair-frame at or near the plane of the seat, braces pivoted to the upper end of the rear standard and provided with longitudinal slots, clamping devices c0n-' nected to the chair-back and working in said slots, whereby the angle of the chair-back may be changed, uprights attached at the sides of the chair-frame and having an upper cross-bar, springs connected to the cross-bar and to a suitable support, substantially as described.

3. A portable,knockdown supporting-frame for baby-jumpers, comprising spaced standards, a cross-bar detachably connected to their upper ends, a Y-coup'lin g for each standard consisting of a vertical sleeve portion into which the lower end of the standard iits loosely, and two downwardly diverging sleeves o1' thiinbles, the bores of Which intersect each other and the bore of the vertical sleeve, and legs or braces loosely tted at their upper ends into the diverging sleeves in such manner that the inner end of the braces and the standard all ineet at a common point and form stops for each other, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR M. BABCOCK.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. GAss, LEONIDAS A. GUTHRIE. 

